Life & Chemistry

Life & Chemistry

New Genetic Mutation for ALS Discovered by Western University Researchers

Dr. Michael Strong, a scientist with Western's Robarts Research Institute and Distinguished University Professor in Clinical Neurological Sciences at the…

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Genetic Mutation Linked to Rare Solitary Fibrous Tumor

It started with a 44-year-old woman with solitary fibrous tumor, a rare cancer seen in only a few hundred people each year.By looking at the entire DNA from…

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TLR9 Sensor Alerts Immune System to Bacteria and Viruses

“Danger!” signals TLR9, the molecular sensor, whenever it recognizes bacterial or viral genetic information, specifically DNA. Instantly, the immune system…

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Who Decides in the Brain? Insights from Neuroscience Research

Neuroscientists face a similar problem since decisions made by the brain always involve many neurons. Within a collaboration of the University of Tübingen and…

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Fetal PVC Exposure Linked to Offspring Obesity Risks

Exposing pregnant mice to low doses of the chemical tributyltin – which is used in marine hull paint and PVC plastic – can lead to obesity for multiple…

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How Childhood Trauma Shapes Brain Development and Behavior

It is well known that violent adults often have a history of childhood psychological trauma. Some of these individuals exhibit very real, physical alterations…

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NIH Study Reveals Antibody Role in Ebola Vaccine Success

Several research groups have developed experimental vaccine approaches that protect nonhuman primates from Ebola virus and the closely related Marburg virus….

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New Insights Into Protein Misfolding by Rice Researchers

An effort to develop software that unravels the complexities of how proteins fold is paying dividends in new findings on how they misfold, according to…

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New Discovery in Autism-Related Disorder Reveals Key Mechanism in Brain Development and Disease

A new finding in neuroscience for the first time points to a developmental mechanism linking the disease-causing mutation in an autism-related disorder,…

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Stem Cell Advances Offer Hope for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Their findings appear in the journal Stem Cells Translational Medicine.Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder caused by a mutation in the gene for…

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Fox Chase Researchers Discover Novel Role of the NEDD9 Gene in Early Stages of Breast Cancer

A protein called NEDD9—which regulates cell migration, division and survival—has been linked to tumor invasion and metastasis in a variety of cancers….

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New path discovered for future generation of glucose-measuring biosensors

To this end, a complex scientific process has been developed which has called into question a dominant paradigm amongst the scientific community with respect…

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Unveiling Protein Transport Evolution in Plant Chloroplasts

Halfway between bacteria and tree Together with colleagues from Sweden, RUB researchers have studied how the protein transport system of bacteria developed…

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Natural killer cells – the body’s own patrol against viruses and tumours

Scientists at the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI) have analysed for the first time all the proteins inside natural killer (NK) cells of healthy…

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Research suggests molecular 'switch' may play role in tumor suppression

The paper, available in and featured on the front cover of the Jan. 16, 2013, issue of FEBS Letters, a journal of the Federation of European Biochemical…

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Diamondback Moth Genome Offers Insights for Pest Management

January 13, 2013, Fujian and Shenzhen, China- An international research consortium, led by Fujian Agriculture, Forestry University (FAFU) and BGI, has…

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